2005年5月翻译资格考试三级英语笔译实务真题.doc

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1、2005年5月翻译资格考试三级英语笔译实务真题Section1English-ChineseTranslation(英译汉) (60points)Theimportanceofagriculturecannotbeoverstated.Morethan50percentoftheworldslaborforceisemployedinagriculture.Thedistributionintheearly1980srangedfrom67percentofthoseemployedinAfricatolessthan5percentinNorthAmerica.InWesternEurope

2、,thefigurewasabout16percent;inEasternEuropeandtheSovietUnion,about32percent;andinAsia,about68percent.Farmsizevarieswidelyfromregiontoregion.RecentlytheaverageforCanadianfarmswasabout186ha(about460acres)perfarm,andforU.S.farms,about175ha(about432acres).TheaveragesizeofasinglelandholdinginthePhilippin

3、es,however,maybesomewhatlessthan3.6ha(lessthan9acres),andinIndonesia,alittlelessthan1.2ha(lessthan3acres).Sizealsodependsonthepurposeofthefarm.Commercialfarming,orproductionforcash,isusuallydoneonlargeholdings.TheplantationsofLatinAmericaarelarge,privatelyownedestatesworkedbytenantlabor.Single-cropp

4、lantationsproducetea,rubber,cocoa.Wheatfarmsaremostefficientwhentheycomprisesomethousandsofhectaresandcanbeworkedbyteamsofpeopleandmachines.Australiansheepstationsandotherlivestockfarmsmustbelargetoprovidegrazingforthousandsofanimals.Individualsubsistencefarmsorsmall-familymixed-farmoperationsaredec

5、reasinginnumberindevelopedcountriesbutarestillnumerousinthedevelopingcountriesofAfricaandAsia.Aback-to-the-landmovementintheU.S.reversedthedeclineofsmallfarmsinNewEnglandandAlaskainthedecadefrom1970to1980.Theconditionsthatdeterminewhatwillberaisedinanareaincludeclimate,watersupply,andterrain.Overthe

6、10,000yearssinceagriculturebegantobedeveloped,peopleseverywherehavediscoveredthefoodvalueofwildplantsandanimalsanddomesticatedandbredthem.Themostimportantarecerealssuchaswheat,rice,barley,cornandrye.Agriculturalincomeisalsoderivedfromnon-foodcropssuchasrubber,fiberplants,tobacco,andoilseedsusedinsyn

7、theticchemicalcompounds.Moneyisalsoderivedfromraisinganimalsforpelt.Muchoftheforeignexchangeearnedbyacountrymaybederivedfromasinglecommodity;forexample,SriLankadependsontea,Denmarkspecializesindairyproducts,Australiainwool,andNewZealandandArgentinainmeatproducts.IntheU.S.,wheathasbecomeamajorforeign

8、exchangecommodityinrecentyears.Theimportanceofanindividualcountryasanexporterofagriculturalproductsdependsonmanyvariables.Amongthemisthepossibilitythatthecountryistoolittledevelopedindustriallytoproducemanufacturedgoodsinsufficientquantityortechnicalsophistication.SuchagriculturalexportersincludeGha

9、nawithcocoa,andMyanmarwithrice.Ontheotherhand,anexceptionallywell-developedcountrymayproducesurplusesnotneededbyitsownpopulation;thishasbeentrueoftheU.S.,Canada,andsomeoftheWestEuropeancountries.Section2Chinese-EnglishTranslation(汉译英) (40points)由于西藏地处“世界屋脊”，自然条件恶劣，也由于几百年落后的封建农奴制社会形成的各种社会历史条件的限制，西藏在全

10、国还属于不发达地区。但是，50年的发展已经极大地改变了其昔日贫穷落后的面貌，西藏人民生活质量大大提高。社会经济的发展极大地丰富了人民的物质文化生活。2000年，西藏全区各族人民已基本摆脱贫困，实现温饱。部分群众生活达到了小康水平。随着人民生活逐步富裕，冰箱、彩电、洗衣机、摩托车、手表等消费品进入了越来越多寻常百姓家。不少富裕起来的农牧民盖起了新房，有的还购买了汽车。西藏目前的人均居住面积处于全国首位。广播、电视、通信、互联网等现代信息传递手段已深入到人民群众的日常生活。绝大多数地区的百姓能够通过收听收看广播、电视，了解全国和全世界各地的新闻。当地百姓能够通过电话、电报、传真或互联网等手段获取信息资料，并与全国和全世界各地取得联系。由于缺医少药状况得到根本改变，人民群众的健康水平大幅度提高。西藏人均预期寿命由二十世纪五十年代的35.5岁增加到现在的67岁。